PE 2023: Tan Kin Lian claims voters 'prefer chance to have' President and spouse to be S'pore-born; comment slammed as 'dangerous'

SINGAPORE — Presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian on Friday (Aug 25) claimed that voters “prefer a chance to have” both the President and his or her spouse to be “true Singaporeans" born here, in a veiled reference to the wives of his opponents who were born abroad.

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